Woolen or felt stocking



(No Model.)

B. RODS.

WOOLEN 0R FELT STOCKING, SGGK,- SLIPPER, BOOT, 0R SHOE; No. 341,772.

Patented May 11, 1886.

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EDWVARD ROOS, OF GAL'I, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WOOLE N OR FELT STOCKING, SOOK, SUPPER, BOOT, OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,772, dated May 11,1886.

Application filed February .27, 1886. Serial No. 193,418.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Roos, of the town of Gait, in the county ofWaterloo, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, manufacturer, haveinvented an Improvement in the Manufacture of Woolen or Felt Stockings,Socks, Slippers, Boots, or Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of stock ings, socks, slippers,boots, or shoes made of hardened wool, or what is commonly called felt;and the object of the invention is to make the material so that whenformed into a stocking, sock, slipper, shoe, or boot it will be strongerand not so liable to crack or break as when it is simply made ofhardened wool or felt; and it consists, essentially, in laying a layeror layers of cord between the layers of wool and then hardening orfelting the material in the ordinary way, so that the cord shall form anintegral part of the material.

Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a stocking made in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of same through a b.

Wool or whatis commonly known as felt boots, stockings, 850., are liableto crack and break around the ankle and near the instep, and it is inorder to prevent as much as possible this cracking or breaking that myinvention is designed. As the manufacture of this class of boot is wellknown, it is not necessary for me to enter into the details of itsconstruction. It is sufficient to say that in manufac turing thestocking or other foot-covering in accordance with my invention, I placea series of cords, A, between the layers of wool B, run- (No model.)

In the drawings I show the cords arranged 5 longitudinally down the legand foot of the stocking; but I do not wish to confine myself to thisarrangement, as the object of my invention would in a measure beobtained if the cord were placed only around the ankle of the stockingor other foot-covering, and indeed in some cases it will be sufficientto place the cords simply at the front and rear of the ankle; but Ithink it will be found preferable to place it at least down the entireleg of the stocking or other foot-covering.

In speaking of cord, I wish it to be under stood that I do not wishmyself to be confined to any particular material, or to any particularsize. In fact ordinary yarn would in a measure accomplish the object ofmy invention.

WVhat I claim as my invention is A stocking, sock, slipper, shoe, orboot consisting of layers of wool having placed between them a series ofindependent cords, hardened or felted together in the ordinary way, sothat the cords shall form an integral part of the material,substantially as specified.

Toronto, February 12, 1886.

EDWARD ROOS.

In presence of CHARLES C. BALDWIN, J. M. JACKSON.

